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University Of The Cumberlands Receives Major Donation Terry and Marion Forcht, owners of Forcht Group of Kentucky, donated $1 million dollars Wednesday morning to the University of the Cumberlands, to upgrade their nursing program.”They offered us a million dollars and we are awful grateful for that,” says Brad Hall Assistant to the President.Hall says…
Silver Liner Hiring In Eastern KY SilverLiner is a tanker truck manufacturing facility new to Eastern Kentucky. They are utilizing the skills laid off coal miners have with another hands-on job that pays well.The owner of SilverLiner, Chris Tomlinson, says Eastern Kentucky is the perfect fit for his business.”That is a quality of Eastern…
Breathitt County Chosen For Election Audit Breathitt County’s one of six randomly picked by Kentucky’s Attorney General, that will be involved in a post-election audit.That was announced Monday in Frankfort, after the counties that would undergo independen tinquiries for any potential irregularities that may have happened, during the general election onTuesday, November 6. …
Soldiers Coming Back Home to KY Fort Campbell says more than 200 soldiers are returning to the Army post on the Kentucky-Tennessee line over the next two weeks.A statement from the post says the soldiers are returning from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan. Two ceremonies are planned to welcome them back, one on Thursday…
More KY Funding For Working Parents With Young Kids The Cabinet for Health and Family Services is now getting an extra $42 million dollars from the U.S. government.Department officials said the money will be used to help working parents with young kids.More families will qualify for child care benefits now and applicants who are…
Shelby High School Students Donate PJ’s Some Shelby Valley High School students are stepping up to help kids in need.Members of the FCCLA are asking for donations of pajama sets.They need baby sleepers, 6 to 12 months and 2T to 6.Students say many people do not think about how important a change of clothes…
Honoring A President Flags across America including KY are standing at half-staff in honor of former President George Herbert Walker Bush who died Friday. Historians say the act of lowering flags to half-staff goes back to the Middle Ages and in 1954 President Eisenhower made it official policy.Governor Matt Bevin has ordered state flags…
Special Letters To Santa From KY Kids Some kids wrote out their wishes to Santa Claus to help other kids’ wishes come true. It is part of Make-A-Wish’s annual “Believe” campaign. For every card the kids fill out and write to Santa, Macy’s donates a dollar to the cause.The money will stay here in…
KY Getting Bus Improvements Transportation officials in Kentucky say bus services will be improved across the state thanks to $7 million in federal grants.Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Secretary Greg Thomas says the grant money was awarded by the Federal Transit Administration for rural Kentucky transit agencies. He says the funds will be used to modernize…
Close To Passing A Federal Farm Bill Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told a Kentucky farm group that federal lawmakers are close to passing a new farm bill.McConnell later told reporters he’s confident President Donald Trump will be satisfied with the bipartisan deal.House and Senate agriculture committee leaders from both parties have said they…